Notebook D, 1954-09 - 1954-10

Item — Box: 5

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Scope and Contents

80 p. holograph. Notes and ideas for stories and novellas, some later incorporated into Coronacion, Este Domingo, and El Obsceno Pajaro de la Noche. Included are the following titles: "Zoila Blanca Rosa" (later part of El Obsceno Pajaro de la Noche) , ideas for the beginning of

Dates

Creation: 1954-09 - 1954-10

Creator

From the Collection: Donoso, Jose (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 7.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Materials Specific Details

Sprial-bound, 3.5 x 6 inches, 80 numbered leaves, holograph text in ink on rectos only. September 7, 1954 (no place recorded); October 13, 1954 (no place recorded).

Index Card: Several ideas for stories and nouvelles. None finished. “Zoila Blanca Rosa” antecedent for the convent scene in ‘The O. Bird’. First mention of CORONACION. Reference to TOCAYOS. First mention of “Martas” -- final chapter of THIS SUNDAY. Beginning of CORONACION written down here –the Lourdes in the country chapter.

Content: Several ideas for short stories and nouvelles.

Works In Progress: Zoila Blanca Rosa (short story): 1-10 ; 18-20 ; 35-45 ; 47 (Characters: Zoila, Rosita, doña Palmira, Dionisio Arévalo, Señora Elvira, Don Carlos Mellado, Doña Palmira Varas de Azócar, Dina); « Una Leyenda » (nouvelle): 11-16; Ideas for two texts about an old poor woman: 16-18; Ideas for a short story “Retrato de un Dandy”: 21-23; “Dientes” (short story): 24-35; 36 (Characters: Pancho el bueno, main character, main character’s father, Rosario, Rodrigo, Pablito); “La pieza redonda” (short story): 49-52; 56-57 (Characters: Two children, children’s uncle, mother of one of the children, taxi driver); Coronación: 46-7; 72-75 (Characters: Nena (later Estela), Lourdes, primo de Lourdes, señora Elisa, Mercedes); “Luto”: 52- 56 (Characters: Braulio, Señora Leonor, maids, boy scouts, priest, Magali, Flora); “Historia de una casa”: 60-66 (Characters: Marcela Vicuña, Antonio Escobar, Old Maid, “marica”, politician, mother, “almacenero”, “obreros”, young doctor, boticario, Doña Sol, empleado de correos y telégrafos, Doña Pancha, et al.); “Fútbol por radio”: 76-80 (Characters: “Viajar”: 69-71).

Work Plans: Zoila Blanca Rosa: 1-7; « Una Leyenda »: 16-18; “Historia de una casa”: 61-66.

Secondary Projects: Ideas for a short story based on a married couple in crisis: 45- 48; 66-68; Ideas for a short story based on a rich woman that visits a shanty town: 58; Ideas for a short story about a woman that ends up imagining she does have a grandchild: 59; Somebody else’s comment that the author would like to transform into a story: 76.

Miscellaneous: Words probably written by a child: verso of page 24; verso of page 79; Notes (names, phone numbers): back page.

References: Anton Tchejov (1860- 1904) 8, 37; Carlos Faz (1931- 1953) 11-15; Carmen Silva (1924) 11-15; George Meredith (1828-1909) 27; William Saroyan, (1908-1981) 37; Virginia Woolf (1862-1941) 60; Eugenie Grandet (novel by Honoré de Balzac, 1833) 68; Honoré de Balzac (1799- 1850) 68, 71; Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera (1859-1895) 71; W. H. Hudson (1841-1922) 76, 80.